RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY-DISORDERS AND CLINICAL SYMPTOMS IN PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS AS MEASURED BY THE MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory is a 175-item psychodiagnosti c instrument which is based on Millon's theory of psychopathology, in which Millon suggests clinical symptoms result from an exacerbation of an individual's personality style when under stress. The purpose of t he present study was to examine the relations of personality disorders to clinical symptoms as measured by the inventory. The sample of 245 inpatients from a state psychiatric hospital completed the Millon inve ntory between january, 1987 and April, 1989. Stepwise multiple-regress ion analyses were conducted to ascertain the relationship between pers onality disorders and symptoms. The 9 clinical symptom scales served a s criterion variables while the personality-disorder scales served as predictor variables. The results were generally consistent with expect ation and are discussed in terms of Millon's theory.